Traction device for automobiles.



P'. N. PDTTSGROVE.

TRACTION DEVICE FOR AUTMOBHLES.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 9, 19I4.

ggf', Patented June 8, 1915.

EN pakgwove.

:PHILIP N, ro'rrsenovn, or ALrooNA. PENNSYLVANLA.

'rnAGTIoN DEVICE nonv AUTOMOBILES.

T all @oh-0m it may concern.'

Be it'known'that I, PHILIP N. Po'r'rs- Grove, a citizen of the United States, residing at Altoona, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania, have invented, certain new and useful Improvements in Trace tion Devices for Automobiles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to'which it appertains to make and use the l same.

' This invention relates to new and Auseful improvements in traction devices for automobiles, and has for its principal object to provide a 'device which may be attached to the wheel of a vehicle to assist in removing the same from a rut or 'depression in the l -that in use the pin 13 .is driven into the roadway.

Another-object of the invention is to pro-V vide a device of the above characterwhich is effectively reinforced,throughout its en-v tire length to avoid breakage and materially assist in thetractive qualities.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a novel method of securing the device to the ground to get the necessary pressure which will easily free the end of the device and prevent any breakage.v

`With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combination und arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a view of the invention as it would appear when in use, and Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device showing portions broken away to more clearly illustrate formed of a heavy canvas or the like. Thisthe details of construction.

Referring now to the drawings by characters of reference, the numeral l designates the 'body portion (of the device which is canvas is provided at one end with the hem 2, through which a chain designated by the -nuineral 3, is arranged to pass. This chain is extended around the rivet l and one end is provided with a suitable hook 5 in such a way that the hook may be secured in one of the links in the opposite' end of the chain. Suitable wire cablesl (i extend longitudinally between the layersof canvas forming the body, and these wires are looped to surround vthe chain as at 7 The wires 6 are essentially U-shaped as indicated by the dotted lines in F ig. AlY and the bight portion of the U-shaped Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June s, 1915'.

Application tiled October 9,1914. Serial No. 865,920.

wires is formed bythe rivet 8 which entends through the plates 9 'which form the bind-y ing of .the canvas opposite the hem 2. These plates gare provided with suitable. apar-"- tures 10 through which the chains 11 are.

arranged to extend, and these chains are p rovided at their opposite ends with asuitable end the angular extension 14. This pin 13 is arranged to be driven into the ground as illustrated in Fig. `l and in such a position'- that the-angular extension'll; will project forwardly and provide a 'stop for the, ring' 12 which is slipped thereover.

Fromthe foregoing itwill be apparent ground and the ring 12 is then slipped over the extension 14. The device is then laidput in the position illustrated in Fig. 1 and the chain 3 passed around the tire of the vehicle' 'and a'round one of the spokes in the manner illustrated andthe hook 5 secured in one of thelinks so that when power is appliedto the wheel andthe same starts to revolve, pull will be exerted on the body of the device and the saine will wind on the wheel, thus draw` piece of leather thereto and in this way prevent Wear and materially increasing the life of the device.

While in'the foregoing there has been shown. and described the preferred embodiment of this invention, it isl to be understood that such'changes may be made in the combination'and arrangement of parts as will fall within the spirit and scope of the -inven-l tion as defined in the appended claims.

l/Vhat is ,claimed is: u

1. A' ldevice of 'the character described comprising a webbing, a hem formed in one end of the web, a chain extending through the hem, said chain being arranged 'tp be agtf tached to a wheel of an automobile,' reinforcing members extending throughoutl the entire length of the web, metal binding strips on the end of the Web Opposite the hem, and chains secured to the metal binding Strips and arranged to be secured to a stationary object, whereby when the Wheel isI revolved the device Will be Wounc'l upon the tire and thereby cause the vehicle to be moved.

2. A device for removing vehicles from means, said binding strips beingriveterl in ln place and the reinforcing elements passing around the rivets, and means connected to the binding strips to secure the web and hold the same stationary so that When power is applied to the Wheel' the web will be Wound thereupon and thus remove the vehi- In testimony whereof I ax my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

PHLIP Nv POTTSGROVE. Witnesses MARY DUNN, ANNA. PoTTsGRoVE. 

